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New Ways to Create a Gold-Plated Pension

The financial crisis has given some investors a case of pension envy. In an era of volatile markets, the idea of steady, guaranteed payments for life holds obvious appeal.

The problem, of course, is that investors are less likely than ever to get that kind of deal from their employer. Companies tend to be freezing their pensions or closing them entirely, rather than beefing them up. About a third of today's Fortune 100 companies have...